For lots more on Lost, read our fresh Q&A with Naveen Andrews, check out Jon Hein's look at the Season 4 hype, Matt Roush's preview of the "action-packed" return, use our Strike Survival Guide to get up to speed, and flip through our assorted photo galleries. Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the isl
Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Sawyer, by the "Numbers": Although Sawyer (played by Josh Holloway) tries to act like a ruthless bad boy, the truth is that his lone-wolf attitude hides deep emotional scars. Born James Ford, his life was shattered at a young age when his mother was seduced by a con man who cheated her out of the family's savings, and his father then killed her and himself in a fit of rage. All James knows about the con man is the alias he used — Mr
Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Jin, by the "Numbers": Stubborn and quick to anger yet fiercely loyal to those he cares about, Jin-Soo Kwon (played by Daniel Dae Kim) has managed to find a freedom on the island that was sadly missing from his previous life. He was born in South Korea to a prostitute who abandoned him upon birth to a fisherman whom she claimed was Jin's father. As he grew into adulthood, Jin desired to break out of his lower social class, but the best work he
Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Claire, By the "Numbers": The only child of a harried single mother in Sydney, Australia, Claire (played by Emile de Ravin) grows up as rebellious and unruly girl working dead end jobs at a tattoo parlor and, later, at a fried fish restaurant. She and her mother get into a major car accident while in the middle of a heated argument; while Claire survives with only superficial injuries, her mom sustains heavy brain damage and is left in a vegetative state. Claire continues to drift through life with little family and
Our favorite castaways thus far have been on the island a few months, but for Lost fans, it's been more than 260 days since Jack's super-freaky flash-forward. As the Jan. 31 season premiere (finally) draws closer, TVGuide.com is offering daily profiles — "refreshers," if you will — of the key players in ABC's island-based odyssey. Michael, By the "Numbers": When we first meet Michael (played by Harold Perrineau), almost 10 years before the timeframe of the series, he's an aspiring artist living with his pregnant girlfriend, Susan, in New York. She gives birth to their son, Walt, but Michael's life falls apart shortly thereafter: He's struck by a car and forced to spend almost a year recovering from the
